This phrase is used when you are caught up in your words, and aren't making any sense, and you need to get out as soon as possible, so you decide to turn to a famous playright to make yourself look educated and get out of the situation before it is too late!!!

"If you have a goat as a pet, it willeat everything!" "Well, DUH, that's why they call them goats!!!" OH god, according to Sophocles, I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!!!!